Monday, August 15, 2011

This Tuesday, come drink The Rapture - Urban Farmhouse Ale with me! A spicy, slightly hoppy Saison I brewed at Coalition Brewing Co. for part of their Coalator program. A great way for a home brewer to see how things are done at one of PDX's best craft breweries and get their beer out to the public! Awesome folks and awesome beers at Coalition. Come by for a pint or two tomorrow anytime after 6 PM, there is only 10 gallons, so get it while you can!!!!!

Friday, August 12, 2011

Hey there Portland, come see SAM HUMANS & THE LIGHT for some good timezzzz! We're playing at the Woods this Saturday, August 13th along with PAPER / UPPER / CUTS, SILIAN RAIL, & SUMMER DARLING! Good summer fun times at the Woods!!!!

In the midst of 3 weeks of intense production work, I managed to get out for a night to rock to see my bro Papi in PAPER / UPPER / CUTS for his yellow colored vinyl release of ILLA KILLA YELLOW SPACE! It rulez, and here is a picture of Papi jamming the flute at his show. A true showman, Papi brought the house down that night! Somehow he managed a one handed drum solo, completely in time, while blasting a tuba!!! Check out a jam here:http://wweek.com/portland/blog-27350-cut_of_the_day_paper.html

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

My good friend and bandmate Sam Schauer makes various syth / light theremin / tone noise making devices out of old record players and transistor radios. Check out THE INDUCTOR!

"Thee Inductor is a one of a kind hand made fully polyphonic analog synthesizer. Each of it's six keys actuates a sawtooth waveform whose tuning is set by the player. It also features 2 full range squarewave oscillators, 2 LFOs with rate/depth/shape controls, and 2 resonant filters. There is a tuner/aux out so it can be precisely tuned in silence. There is also an attenuated aux return. In practice, this means that the player can mix outboard effects (delay, phaser, etc) into the signal chain. Significantly, this signal returns before the filters, meaning that the aux input could also be used as a simple filter input for other instruments like drum machines or other keyboards."

WOW, sounds awesome, right? Yes it does, and it does SOUND awesome! Check out Sam's blog for more on Thee Inductor and pricing for having one of Sam's creations made for YOU!

Hey there, I know it's been awhile since I last posted, but now I am back to my regular postings. I had a blast of film work overcome me, but I have climbed out from the rubble juggernaut of film production. So much has happened; PAPER / UPPER / CUTS release show, Bill Callahan & Black Mountain at Pickathon, my hopz & garden are blowing up, Totalfest is coming, and my Saison brewed at Coalition will be on tap soon! More on this and everything else to come....